"""Winter in Aizu, c1950-1960s, Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), woodblock print on kizuki hosho [handmade mulberry paper], 63 x 88 mm., Northern Japan.  """"Perhaps Munch's preference for depicting his home country influenced Saito to do the same. With simplicity and vigour,Saito evokes in every print of Aizuhis affinity and respect for this remote mountainous area... in particular he has been very successful at capturing the bleakness of winter... to sensitively reveal the sorrows and joys of rural…"""
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